Over the last year, I’ve had the distinct pleasure of rounding up the week’s most influential and eye-catching circular headlines. From single-use plastics bans to an upcycled food certification, it’s been a momentous year for the circular economy, supply chain shenanigans and safety concerns notwithstanding. Much like…
Executives and investors are increasingly focusing on energy transitions for their organizations, while actively planning for new technologies or methods to make those changes, and they don’t see a conflict between sustainability goals and long-term business success, a new report…
The pandemic-induced supply chain hurdles represent a reboot opportunity for companies. Here, we examine how companies can leverage modern integration technology to both improve supply chain performance and address sustainable supply-chain management practices. Without a doubt, the world’s supply chains…
‘Net-zero by 2050’ has steadily become a call-to-arms for many countries and companies worldwide to ramp up their climate ambition and take urgent action. The 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on 1.5°C was a stark warning…
Since 2015, science-based target setting has evolved from a nascent concept into a movement covering nearly 20% of the global economy. Science-based targets provide a clearly-defined pathway for companies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, helping prevent the worst impacts of…
Net-zero commitments are rising, but the net-zero equation is not yet solved. This can only change if nine interdependent requirements are met with singular resolve, unity, and ingenuity. As leaders prepare for COP26 at the end of this month, the need for addressing…
The world’s first corporate Net Zero Standard, developed in sync with the effective and realistic methods of climatology, was announced by the Science Based Targets (SBTi) initiative. Companies begin the process of strategy development, monitoring and evaluation to keep global…
There is good news and bad news emerging from COP26. The bad news: The emissions reduction pledges made by nations so far are still likely to consign civilization to a 2.7 degrees Celsius warmer world by 2100 compared with pre-industrial times. The…